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Napster to Offer Movie Downloads

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-so-free dept.

sebFlyte writes "silicon.com is reporting that Napster is going to move into legal movie downloads. They are aiming particularly to tap the younger video-game generation."

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  1. Re:legal by Eberlin · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Awww yeah, those days where you EARNED that extra 5min connection to that BBS. You know, where you got your issue of MicroTimes that had a listing of phone numbers to "legit" places where you can then find out about where the non-legit numbers were at.

    Days when being SysOp meant something and your warezed pkzip files ended up becoming all-nighters with softice and edlin. Bring back those...um, no, dude, those days sucked.

    Seriously, though -- I abandoned those days (though it took YEARS) when I found out about the whole free software movement. Why pirate when you can have free/OSS legally? I also grew older, got employed, and eventually bought the software that I wanted. Of course the asking price for photoshop and the like is still damn steep.

    Now to be on-topic...for-pay streaming video isn't going to fly too well. Most have already pointed out the screen-size limitations of most computers. If I want to do PPV, it'll be on a TV. Then there's the more "traditional" rental markets which are getting more and more convenient.

  2. really not a troll by wattersa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sure, it's not a great comment, but hardly a troll!